THE VARIATIONAL PRINCIPLE, EXPRESSIVENESS, AND VIRTUOSITY IN LUIGI BASSI'S CONCERT FANTASIA ON THEMES FROM RIGOLETTO
THE VARIATIONAL PRINCIPLE, EXPRESSIVENESS, AND VIRTUOSITY IN LUIGI BASSI'S CONCERT FANTASIA ON THEMES FROM RIGOLETTO

Summary/Abstract: This scientific paper presents and highlights the musicality and virtuosity that Luigi Bassi perfected with the help of the variational principle, using themes of a unique expressiveness from the opera Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi. The work is addressed to clarinetists with a well-developed technique and a qualitative and homogeneous sonority throughout the clarinet's ambitus. In the present scientific and interpretive approach, we propose to decode and present elements of structure, diverse instrumental techniques, and ways of interpreting the themes and variations, that coincide with the composer's desire. We will highlight the instrumental technique problems, proposals to optimize (solve) them, and ways to highlight sound colors, depending on the message the performer conveys. We believe that this study can be of real use both to teaching staff and students in the didactic activity, but also to the valuable instrumentalists involved in the interpretative activity, bearing in mind that the work has a very high degree of difficulty.

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